FEDERAL POLITICS.
UPROAR IN PARLIAMENT. EX-PREMIER SUSPENDED. By Cable.~-Press ~ Association.-? Copyright. (Received December 18, 11.15 a.m.) MELBOURNE, December 18. During the debate on the Commonwealth Bank Bill, an uproar occurred in the House of Representatives. The Speaker named Mr Joseph Gook, and the whole of the Oppositionists left the Chamber. . ( Mr Cook was suspended until he apologised. . .;.;■.' In the absence of' the .;Oppositi6ln, Bills were rushed through. ; , The Senate has passed Bills, authorising the issue of Treasury bills, sanctioning an £18,000,000 loan, the raising and expending of £2,000,000 to construct a railway from Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta, and the War Pensions Bill.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 270, 18 December 1914, Page 8
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